Carpet-fastener



(No Model.)

G. M. GOND'IT, Jr.

CARPET FASTENER.

Patented May I I A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE M. CONDIT, JR, OF

WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

CARPET- FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,304, dated May 5,1885.

Application filed December 8, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. CoNnrr, J r., of Waterbury, in the countyof New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvementin Carpet-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following, when takenin connection with accompanying drawings, and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part ofthis specification, andrepresent, in

Figure 1, a perspective view of the fastener enlarged; Fig. 2, thefastener as applied to the floor and the carpet secured, about fullsize; Fig. 3, the device for driving the fastener.

This invention relates to a device to be permanently applied to thefloor of a room, near the walls, and so as to engage the carpet whenplaced thereon, or permit the easy removal of the carpet withoutdisturbing the fastener; and it consists in a shank constructed to bedriven into the floor, having a collar upon it to take a bearing uponthe floor, with a diagonal or hook-like point projecting up from thehead, and as more fully hereinafter described.

The fastener, as seen in Fig. 1, may be made from any suitable metal. Itconsists of a shank, a, which is best made pointed, so as to be readilydriven into the floor, and of sufficient length to firmly hold thefastener. its upper end it is provided with a collar, 5, which forms astop to arrest the shank when driven into the floor. From the head is anupwardlyprojecting point, (I, turned at an angle to the plane of the'collar, and so as to form a hook shape. This hook-point should he inheight about the thickness'of the carpet. The fastener is driven intothe floor, as seen in Fig. 2, so that the collar 6 takes a bearingthereon, and so as to prevent the fastener from being driven too farinto the floor.

The point projects toward the wall. These fasteners are driven into thefloor along the wall, or wherever the carpet is to be secured, at ashort distance from the edge of the carpet, care being taken that thepoint is turned toward the wall-that is, from the body of the carpet.

I11 applying the carpet the edge is drawn I over the hook, as indicatedin broken lines, Fig. 2, and then its reaction permitted, and held downupon the fastener. Such reaction in Fig. 2, and thus securely fasten thecarpet. To remove the carpet reverse the operation.

The fasteners remain in the floor in their proper position, thepoint notappearing above the surface of the carpet, and hence the fast ener ishidden from view. 1

As a convenient means for driving the fasteners I employ a tool-such asseen in Fig. 3- which has a socket formed in its lower end to set overthe hook or point and take a bearing upon the collar, as seen in Fig. 3.Then a blow upon the tool will drive the shank into the floor.

These fasteners cost but a trifle more than common carpet-tacks, andonce applied re main for all time. The carpet is not liable to be tornin removing, as in the use of common tacks, but is much more readilyremoved and replaced than can be done by the use of such tacks. \Vhenthe carpet is in place,'it is held substantially as if by a common tack.The device therefore has all the advantages of a common tack without anyof its disadvantages.

The body of the fastener is best made angular, as shown, in order toretain it in its proper position with the point of the hook toward thewall, and prevent its turning from that position in driving orotherwise.

ent No. 23,319, and claim nothing therein c0ntained; but' What I doclaim is- As an article of manufacture, the hereindescribed carpetfastener, consisting of the pointed shank a, the collar'b, surroundingthe shank and forming a head by which the fastener may be driven, andthe hook-shaped point at, extending upward and obliquely from thecollar, all formed in one piece of metal, substantially as described.

GEORGE M. CONDIT, J R.

Witnesses:

FRANKLIN L. WELTON, ELISHA MURRAY.

will draw the carpet onto the hook, as seen I am aware of Patent N 0.100,355, and Fat-

